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Dragon Boat Festival classic sachet formula

Aromatic Chinese herbal medicines, such as Rhizoma Atractylodis, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Acori Graminei, Moschus, Styrax, Borneolum Syntheticum, Calculus Bovis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Cyperi, Flos Magnoliae, etc., are commonly used in Dragon Boat Festival sachets, which contain strong volatile substances.

Dragon Boat Festival sachet

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people will sell all kinds of spice bags, also called sachets. These sachets are filled with Chinese herbal medicines. Wearing it for children is not only good for health, but also plays a decorative role.

Everyone has their own ideas when wearing sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival. Old people are lucky. Generally, they like to wear dragon playing with beads, dolls riding fish and other shapes, and some like to wear the image of leaders, symbolizing all the best, family harmony and good health.

Children's favorite animals and birds, such as the Monkey King, tigers, cocks, scorpions and other shapes, look excited and hang on them as if they have become majestic.